Please Look After Mom

I read this as part of a BTS book club on a recommendation by the member Kim Namjoon, and it's not my usual type of book, but boy did it hit an emotional note! Usually I give 5 stars to books that make me both laugh and cry and give me something to think on, but this book was much more melancholy and I didn't really laugh per se, but it was certainly emotional, thoughtful and I felt myself thinking very much about the women in my life - mothers and grandmothers- and about family in general. How we treat each other based on how we view each other, the differences between generations and how we view a ‘happy' and ‘fulfilling' life and rarely understand what that means to each individual and situation. What sacrifice is and whether it's worth it in the end. And maybe also a nudge on not taking each other for granted. All these thoughts and emotions ran through me as I read this book and I actually thoroughly enjoyed the journey. It's not exciting or dramatic like some Hollywood mystery, but uses poignant small moments of reminiscing to reveal some truly important things we all could take a little more time to think about. I am certainly still mulling it all over and wiping tears away from the heart-wrenching Epilogue that reduced me to a puddle of tears. Highly recommended, a wonderfully told story that will make you take a good hard look at your own family and the women in your life or maybe even yourself and to see them in a different light, and maybe appreciate them a bit more at the end of it.